Blaufarb Documentary Award

Blaufarb Award to Support Documentaries Relating to Labor and the Left

The Jacob and Bessye Blaufarb Video Library of the American Labor Movement has established a fund to provide assistance to filmmakers working on projects relating to the history of Labor, progressive politics, and American social history. It awards an annual prize of $5,000 to support post-production work. Areas of interest include: labor history, the women’s movement, the struggle for immigrant rights, the civil rights movement, the consumer movement, and the ways in which economic and social change have effected American culture and society.

The Jacob and Bessye Blaufarb Video Library of the American Labor Movement was established at New York University’s Tamiment Library in 1981 to help preserve the memories of the American labor and radical movements. It is housed and administered by New York University’s Tamiment Library.

Applicants for funding should submit four copies of the following: a brief project description, treatment, sample videotape (5 – 10 minutes), proposed budget, and resumes for key personnel.

Applications should be sent to:

Michael Nash
Director, Tamiment Library
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
New York University
70 Washington Square South
New York, N.Y. 10012
212-998-2428
Michael Nash

Other members of the Blaufarb Prize Committee are: Gloria Rohmann, Avery Fisher Center for Music and Media; George Stoney, Tisch School, Department of Film and Television; and Daniel Walkowitz, Department of History.

The next award deadline is March 31, 2008. Awards will be announced by July 31st.

It is expected that copies of films whose production was in part funded by the Blaufarb Video Library will be deposited with the Tamiment Library where they will be made available for viewing at the Avery Fisher Center for Music and Media.

 

Updated 11/15/2007